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Safe use of mine winding rope, volume 1: executive summary.

Author: Hecker, GFK Date: Apr 1996 The current South African regulations for sizing of mine winder ropes were introduced during 1956, based mainly on circumstantial evidence. A more rational approach was required to meet the demands for improved guarantees of safety and for ... Read more
Safe use of mine winding rope, volume 2: recommendations for changes in rope safety factors.

Author: Hecker, GFK ; Van Zyl, MN Date: Apr 1996 The steering committee on factors of safety of winder ropes has appointed a working group to draw up a set of proposals for changing the regulations governing the required rope strength in the Minerals Act. Certain research projects have been ... Read more
Safe use of mine winding ropes, volume 3: rope terminations.

Author: Borrello, M ; Van Zyl, MN ; Wainwright, EJ Date: Apr 1996 Previous work which was carried out on splice demonstrated that the efficiency of this type of termination was sensitive to both rigger skill and operating loads. It was therefore suggested that future research should be aimed at identifying ... Read more
Safe use of mine winding ropes, volume 4: studies towards a code of practice for rope condition assessment.

Author: Borrello, M ; Kuun, TC ; Wainwright, EJ ; James, A ; Hecker, GFK Date: Jun 1996 The aim of this investigation was the verification of the code of Practice for Rope Condition Assessment. Ropes were meant to be discarded according to the discard criteria as outlined in the code and then tested by the CSIR. The results of ... Read more
Safe use of mine winding ropes, volume 5: training manuals for incumbent rope inspectors.

Author: Wainwright, EJ ; Kuun, TC ; Borello, M ; Hecker, GFK Date: Apr 1996 An objective of this study guide for “wire rope inspectors” was to provide an overview of the training modules and to identify the most important features of winder operation and rope inspection. Read more
Safe use of mine winding ropes, volume 6: studies towards a code of practice for the performance, operation, testing and maintenance of drub winders.

Author: Hecker, GFK ; Kroonstuiver, J Date: Apr 1996 This research study attempts to determine the maximum rope force in the rope of a mine winding system subsequent to a break control system failure. Four different winder ropes were evaluated: a 4000m Blair multi system; a 2300m Blair multi ... Read more

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